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There are two tools I tried on a  Mac to generate a movie from a sequence of jpg images: iMovie : very complete video editor, i.e. lots of interesting features such as adding sound to your video, titles and transitions. Works on jpg and png files. However, the video encoding is a slow process if applied on too many images (e.g. more than 1000). Official website . I tested with version 10.1.8 Time Lapse Assembler : very simple interface, i.e. a lot less features than iMovie.  Works on jpg files only. Great if you are only interested in generating a simple movie from a sequence of images without adding sound, titles, or transitions to your video. Application works great when applying it on lots of images (e.g. more than 1000). Official website . I tested with version 1.5.3 Contents    1. Mini-review #1: iMovie    2. Mini-review #2: Time Lapse Assembler    3.  Use case: Time Lapse Assembler applied to security camera images...

There are two tools I tested to make a split screen movie on a Mac: iMovie: video editor from Apple, official website . I tested with  version 10.1.8 OpenShot:  free and open source video editing software that works on FreeBSD/Linux/macOS/Windows, official website . I tested with version 2.4.1 Contents     1. Split screen layout selected     2. iMovie         2.1 Steps to make a split screen movie with iMovie     3. OpenShot         3.1 Steps to make a split screen movie with OpenShot Split screen layout selected More specifically, I wanted to create a split screen movie with the following layout having a 16:9 aspect ratio: Figure 1. Split screen layout: Movie 3 should take the right half of the screen My basic motion detection system generates 3 videos, and I wanted to combine them in a single movie for better visualization. Movie 3 should take the right half of the...